Sheila E on Gay Marriage and Apollonia

Contents:

• PRCE: GAY MARRIAGE ISN'T RIGHT
• PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT
• BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE
• PRCE IRATE AFTER ALLEGATNS HE’S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE
• SO, ABOUT THAT OLD INTERVIEW WHICH PRCE MENTNED GAY MARRIAGE ...
• CAN PRCE REALLY BE ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE?
• TURNS OUT PRCE WAS A GAY-BASHG HOMOPHOBE
• INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.
• IN INDIA, A GAY PRCE’S COMG OUT EARNS ACLAS, AND ENEMI
• RNCHY PRCE WAS ACTUALLY A NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN WHO REPORTEDLY OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE

PRCE: GAY MARRIAGE ISN'T RIGHT

The Purple One is beg slammed after he cricised gay marriage a recent New Yorker terview, sayg isn't "right". ' Gay marriage, whatever.

Prce: Gay In, Whether He Wanted to Be or NotHow to rencile his later nservatism wh the sexual liberatn he stood for earlier life?

PRCE: GAY IN, WHETHER HE WANTED TO BE OR NOT

Mike Blake / RtersIn 2008, the New Yorker wrer Claire Hoffman asked Prce what he thought of social issu like gay marriage and abortn. The “homophobe” label attached self to him, acpanied by the bter shock of many fans.

BRISH ROYAL FAY'S FIRST GAY WEDDG: LORD MOUNTBATTEN TO MARRY JAM COYLE

“The pop star who ma his name on his effete, androgyno ‘Is he GAY or not? But the years after that saw Prce actively avoid talkg about gay rights, and some wrers saw subtle homophobia a few of his later lyrics and qutn of how someone whose art once seemed to preach the very ia of “stickg wherever and dog wh whatever”—wh magaz, etc. Stewart go on to wre about how even though Prce’s lyril viewpot was almost always heterosexual—his songs were about men wantg women and women wantg men—he was unaaid of beg lled feme, gay, or perverted.

“Controversy, ” famoly, sniffed at the simplistic qutns directed at him: “Am I black or whe, am I straight or gay?

’ Gay marriage, whatever.

PRCE IRATE AFTER ALLEGATNS HE’S ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE

Whether was his performance of machismo Purple Ra or his liberately feme pantsu on the ver of Esquire, Prce spent his reer celebratg genr fluidy and fyg tegori of straight and gay. Was he gay?

SO, ABOUT THAT OLD INTERVIEW WHICH PRCE MENTNED GAY MARRIAGE ...

Prce passed away on April 21, 2016, leavg behd a actured relatnship wh the gay and wir LGBTQ+ muny which had once held him so arly. Prce left fans wonrg whether he was gay or straight.

For a while Prce dodged qutns about his own inty, askg: “Am I Black or whe / Am I straight or gay? Prce’s gay bandmate claimed he told her to reject her lbian inty.

Melvo told the Tribune 2004: “He cled bee of my homosexualy and the fact I’m half-Jewish. Prce acced of homophobia after appearg to dismiss same-sex marriage 2008. Prce was acced of homophobia aga followg ments he ma to The New Yorker 2008.

CAN PRCE REALLY BE ANTI-GAY MARRIAGE?

“She probably was askg him about California repealg gay marriage, and he’s had his own bad luck wh marriage. However, his fay name giv him a higher profile Brish aristocratic circl; he is the great-nephew of Earl Mountbatten of Burma, the World War II naval manr who led Allied ary forc southeast a reflectn of social change, royal attus to homosexualy have progrsed sce 1960 when Jeremy Fry, Lord Snowdon’s choice of bt man for his weddg to Prcs Margaret, was vetoed after was disvered he had a nvictn for a “mor homosexual offense. ”Harry and Meghan, who wed on May 19, have ma clear their support of gay rights, reportedly tellg gay legat om across Bra’s former empire, the Commonwealth that they would put LGBT issu at the ont of their William last year received the annual Brish LGBT Awards’ Celebry Straight Ally award.

In his acceptance vio, he lled out homophobic bullyg. "William also ma history May 2016 as the first Brish royal to be featured on the ver a gay magaze.

TURNS OUT PRCE WAS A GAY-BASHG HOMOPHOBE

Due to the fact that Prce reflected an open-md and ee image to his fans for years, his terview 2008 blew every Prce fans’ md sce durg the terview, Prce allegedly stated how he was agast gay marriage maly based on his relign, however, there are also sourc that claim that his statements were misterpreted. Prce Was Allegedly Agast Gay Marriage Due To His Relign. Durg an terview wh the New Yorker back 2008, Prce was asked about social issu such as gay marriage and abortn as well as openg up about his beliefs and received major backlash after he allegedly cricized gay marriage, statg that isn’t right.

INDIA'S FIRST OPENLY GAY PRCE ENDURED YEARS OF TORTURO NVERSN THERAPY. NOW, HE'S FIGHTG TO MAKE THE PRACTICE ILLEGAL.

At some pot durg the terview, Prce cricized people who misterpret the Bible for their own sake and maly for money and the subject somehow end up gettg to the Democrats who thk they n do whatever they want cludg gay marriage which isn’t right, acrdg to the Purple One.

Sce the legendary mician implied that gay marriage is wrong acrdg to the Bible to which he believ, the terviewer wanted to know more tails about his opn about social matters that are nsired as s such as homosexual marriage and abortn. Prce had some unexpected statements about the issu acrdg to the terview and revealed that God had enough of seeg homosexual people on earth and wiped them out once. Sce most of his statements received major backlash, nsirg how homophobic and nservative they sound on the ntrary to his image as the rock in that he was, many people also thought Prce was misquoted.

IN INDIA, A GAY PRCE’S COMG OUT EARNS ACLAS, AND ENEMI

Prce is reportedly “very angry” after the New Yorker acced him of makg anti-gay marriage ments, wh the Purple One allegg that the magaze misquoted him a recent terview. Acrdg to the article, “When asked about his perspective on social issu — gay marriage, abortn — Prce tapped his Bible and said, ‘God me to earth and saw people stickg wherever and dog wh whatever, and he jt cleared all out.

I did wre about Prce, but even wh that assignment and the others I later turned down, I was adamant about one thg: I would not be divg to certa aspects of Prce’s life, like his reported views on gay marriage. ”When asked about his perspective on social issu—gay marriage, abortn—Prce tapped his Bible and said, “God me to earth and saw people stickg wherever and dog wh whatever, and he jt cleared all out. And so, when I was approached, most assumed that I, the gay man and heathen, mt have felt somethg.

Certaly did, though, and were sure to addrs the subject articl wh headl like “Prce’s Alleged Anti-Gay Stance Is Bafflg, for Good Reason” and “Rnchy Prce Was Actually a Conservative Christian Who Reportedly Opposed Gay Marriage. That said, all we have is one disputed terview om Prce that spoke to his thoughts at the time about marriage equaly—a subject he never spoke on aga, th leavg no real clue as to how he felt about later on or what he really thought of gay people general.

RNCHY PRCE WAS ACTUALLY A NSERVATIVE CHRISTIAN WHO REPORTEDLY OPPOSED GAY MARRIAGE

Nothg Prce said the latter years of his life tak away om what his mic, artistry and imagery meant to me as a black man, as a gay man and as someone who eply lov mic. Fair enough, although a glowg endorsement of gay marriage would have been mours of him beg anti-gay have been around for a while.